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50 Stories Part 16: More Than a Warm Heart: Counselling in the 80s
Read - 50 Stories Part 15 Counselling continued to be a key aspect of the Distress Centre/Drug Centre services. At the 10th anniversary reception, Jeanette [...]
April 24 Update: Distress Centre’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Our office remains closed but all of our services are still available by phone or online, including our crisis line, online chat, ConnecTeen, 211 and [...]
50 Stories Part Story 15: Taking care of business
Image: Volunteer in a 1982 newspaper. Read - 50 Stories Part 14 During the 80s, The Board of Directors was able to move slowly towards [...]
April 17 Update: Distress Centre’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
On March 17th, for the safety of our staff and volunteers, we closed our office. Within a week, we mobilized 80 staff to continue 24 hour support to our community [...]
Distress Centre turns 50 TODAY!
Distress Centre turns 50 TODAY! Happy birthday Distress Centre! We first opened our doors 50 years ago on April 14th, 1970. We’ve [...]
50 Stories Part 14: Lending an Ear in the 80s
Image: This image of volunteers appeared in our 20 year anniversary publication in 1990. Read - 50 Stories Part 13 At the 1980 AGM, Jeanette [...]
Distress Centre is here for Calgarians during the COVID-19 pandemic
Distress Centre Calgary has provided 24 hour crisis support to our community for 50 years. We have responded to over 2.5 million calls, emails, chats, texts and [...]
50 Stories Part 13: Bye bye Old Y
Image: Appeared in our 20 year anniversary publication in 1990. Read - 50 Stories Part 12 By 1980, the first location of the Drug Information [...]
50 Stories Part 12: Just Between Teens
50 Stories Part 12: Just Between Teens Read - 50 Stories Part 11 In the early 70's, most Drug Information Centre callers were [...]
March 19 Update: Distress Centre’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Distress Centre closed our doors on March 17th, but we continue to provide 24 hour phone and email crisis support, daily chat and text for [...]
50 Stories Part 11: A time to grow, Distress Centre in the 80s
Read - 50 Stories Part 10 1980 marked the 10th anniversary of the Distress Centre/Drug Centre. At the Annual General Meeting, Chair Hilde Houlding was [...]
UPDATE: Distress Centre’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
CALGARY, Alta, March 16, 2020 – At Distress Centre Calgary, we’re closely monitoring the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) situation and will continue to closely follow the [...]
Distress Centre Calgary’s response to COVID-19
At Distress Centre Calgary, we’re closely monitoring the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) situation. The risk to Albertans remains low at this time but we will continue [...]
50 Stories Part 10: A force of nature – Jeanette McEachern’s time as Executive Director
Read - 50 Stories Part 9 In 1979, Board Chair Hilde Houlding proclaimed the departure of Dr. Stew Clark as Executive Director and the hiring [...]
50 Stories Part 9: Money, money, money
Read - 50 Stories Part 8 Throughout the 70s, funding was an ongoing challenge. Ken Low noted that generally: “Funding is a problem for any [...]
50 Stories Part 8: Day and Night, They Were the Ones
50 Stories Part 8: Day and Night, They Were the Ones Read - 50 Stories Part 7 From the first days of [...]
We moved!
Image: From old to new! Executive Director Jerilyn Dressler in our emptied contact centre in the old building (left) and then in our new contact [...]
50 Stories Part 7: Moving towards the 80s
Image: A contact card from 1979. Some information removed to protect confidentiality. Read - 50 Stories Part 6 Compared to the first five years of [...]
50 Stories Part 6: Venturing out
Image: From a December 1973 issue of the Calgary Herald. Read - 50 Stories Part 5 In the early 1970s, outreach to clients, to the [...]
50 Stories Part 5: From drugs to distress
Image: From a 1972 newspaper. Read - 50 Stories Part 4 At the end of 1971, the Drug Information Centre (DIC) continued at its original [...]
